ZIP 72114 vs ZIP 72202

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72114 (North Little Rock, AR) and ZIP 72202 (Little Rock, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72114 has a population of 12,658 at 610 people per square mile, while ZIP 72202 has 9,978 at 447 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 72114 reports a median household income of $30,175 against $50,899 in ZIP 72202, with per-capita income of $24,841 vs $47,923. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.2% in 72114 and 48.2% in 72202. Poverty rate reads 39.9% vs 14.7%, and unemployment 8.7% vs 5.2% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $130,000 in 72114 versus $262,500 in 72202, with median rent of $800 and $1,110 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 24.8% vs 24.3%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.